I am sure, most of you must have watched the movie A Beautiful Mind released in 2001 an American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. Although being a genius, he was suffering from Depression and recurrent delusions and hallucinations. He was shown being treated with Insulin Shock therapy...also known as ECT. Myself being an Anaesthesiologist regularly give ECT shocks to depressed patients who are resistant to normal medicines for depression. We give anaesthesia to make it safe and comfortable to the patient while producing the convulsions by giving mild electric shocks to the patient's brain. Believe it or not, it works..and the clear mechanism is not understood till date, how it works.
The other day, I was playing Volleyball and was pleasantly surprised to find one of my ECT patient enjoying the game and playing Volleyball in the opposite team.
PS. Needless to say, I wrote this post to educate people on Depression after recent celebrity death of Oscar winning Robin Williams allegedly by suicide due to depression.
The other day, I was playing Volleyball and was pleasantly surprised to find one of my ECT patient enjoying the game and playing Volleyball in the opposite team.
PS. Needless to say, I wrote this post to educate people on Depression after recent celebrity death of Oscar winning Robin Williams allegedly by suicide due to depression.
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